The "college experience"

College Life
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<p>How about a serious answer instead?</p>

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<p>I’m serious.</p>

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<p>Crap looks like I have more competition for becoming president than initially expected.</p>

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<p>What party schaden?</p>

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<p>Then I think your problem is unrealistic expectations. If you go into college expecting it to be the best thing you’ll ever experience, of course it’s not going to seem that good. Because yes, it’s cool and all, but it’s not the absolute best thing ever.</p>

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<p>Fine, I’ll bite.</p>

<p>Going to college increases your chances of becoming President, so why complain about its superficiality?</p>

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<p>CC: A forum for people with complexes about becoming the president?</p>

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<p>Because it is superficial and marketed to be the greatest thing since sliced bread.</p>

<p>I’m using college to my advantage, using. I’m not going there to party hard or make lifelong friends (got those already). I’m there to learn what I need to learn and make connections with who I need to make connections with. College is marketed to sell the first two, both of which are not the actual point of going to college since people will not willingly seek out an education and a lot aren’t smart enough to plan a solid network.</p>

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<p>It seems to be so.</p>

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<p>maybe the tea party if they have that one</p>

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<p>Agreed</p>

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<p>What’s the problem you’re having, then?</p>

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<p>… But what isn’t? AIDS? Everything is always marketed to be amazing. I would know. I work in Market Research. We just did a study on seeing how people “feel” about the beverage aisles in super markets, as if there is some orgasmic trigger associated with the experience of buying soft drinks.</p>

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<p>Okay, so you don’t want to have fun in college. Why does this mean that people who do are somehow missing the point?</p>

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<p>You misunderstand the argument. I’m saying its stupid that when college is sold to students, its on how good the education is, but what you will experience as a kid living alone with all the booze in the world for 4 years.</p>

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<p>Where did you get the idea that nobody learns at college? Sure, they have fun when they’re learning (sometimes to the detriment of their studies), but there are really not all that many students who just party all day and night instead of ever learning a thing.</p>

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<p>If I had the ability to comprehend that last sentence, I’d respond.</p>

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<p>Amarkov. Its how it is SOLD to students, not what actually goes on inside.</p>

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<p>You just sound bitter, really. Sure, people have a lot of fun at college, but it isn’t in the colleges’ interests to advertise frat parties, so they have third parties - aka, the media - advertise it, and they’re grateful. The smart people balance this with their work and then go out and get a job and their college life is behind them just as high school was. Big. Freaking. Deal.</p>

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<p>So, you’re just dissatisfied with the way college is being sold to students. Nothing you can change. Move along, move along.</p>

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<p>You’re probably right about the bitter part.</p>

<p>@Recharge, yes because because discontent at somethings means you don’t try to do something about it. Doing nothing is going along with the flow.</p>